function cellmat=emptycell(m,n); 
%function cellmat=emptycell(m,n); 
%
% Creates a cell with m rows and n columns 
% filled with the empty string '', to be filled 
% AJ 6/9/03 
% See also 
% writecell.m cell2num.m num2cell.m
%
if (m <= 0) | (n <= 0)
    cellmat=[]; 
else
cellmat=cell(m,n); 
erase.a='  '; 
[cellmat{:}]=deal(erase.a); 
end